livelihood
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Example Sentences
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Chatbots can now do students’ homework or sub in for workers, threatening both livelihoods and the dignity of work while allowing critical thinking to atrophy.
Those include climate change, as brush fires and changes in fish migration patterns threaten locals’ livelihoods.
Since the supreme leader's remarks, Iran's judiciary chief, Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, said authorities would "listen to protesters and critics who legitimately and rightly have concerns about their livelihood and social and economic welfare".
From BBC
In some areas, successful recovery would also depend on providing alternative livelihoods for fishing communities during rebuilding periods, along with international cooperation and support.
From Science Daily
"All our livelihoods depend on this gate," he said, hoping the border would reopen soon.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.